Selvbiografier: generelle

For Dr. Stacey Marie Kerr, a road is only worth traveling if it comes with some unexpected turns. In her midfifties, Dr. Stacey Kerr was diagnosed with osteoporosis and told to play it safe. Instead, she bought her first Harley. Over the next fourteen years, Stacey and her two best friends decided to give the finger to aging gracefully, ultimately embarking on seven epic motorcycle tours throughout the western United States filled with drama, introspection, and pure joy. Using her motorcycle adventures to guide her memories, Stacey travels the twisting road of her own past, in which the only constant is defying expectations. As a young woman, Stacey escaped an authoritarian childhood to join the counterculture of the sixties. On The Farm, the largest hippie commune in the United States, she spent a decade practicing intentional spirituality. There, she came to admire, and ultimately clash with, the mother of spiritual midwifery—Ina May Gaskin. In her midthirties, Stacey would reject convention once again by going to medical school and transforming her life. As Stacey rides the curving highways of the West, she reflects on marriage and motherhood; the cultlike energy of powerful spiritual leaders; the miracles, traumas, and lessons of a physician’s life, including a near-fatal delivery of her own grandson; her long-held belief in the healing power of cannabis; and the vital necessity of love at every stage of life, from birth to death and beyond. Written with irreverence and good humor, Wild Heart is an inspiring memoir for anyone ready to make braver and bolder choices—at any age.

In "Mein Leben¿ lässt Herbert Sieffers, Pfarrer i. R., seinen Lebensweg von den Anfängen 1939 bis zum Jahr 2017 für Kinder, Enkelkinder, Angehörige, gute Freunde und Weggenossen anschaulich Revue passieren.Aufgezeichnet und nacherzählt aus dem Gedächtnis sowie verschiedenen Dokumenten, in Etappen ab Februar 2013.

Mein Leben hat so viele Höhen und Tiefen, so viel Liebe und so viel Leid erfahren, es ist alles in meinem Herzen, und mein Herz schreit: Erzähle dein Leben, erzähle dein Leben! Doch ich möchte nicht nur mein Leben erzählen. Ich möchte mein Leben und unser Leben erzählen - das Leben mit dir, meiner großen Liebe, Inge. Mein Leben wurde erst schön durch dich, ohne dich wollte ich kein Buch schreiben, ohne dich hätte ich nicht die schönsten Jahre meines Lebens erlebt, ohne dich würde es sich nicht lohnen zu schreiben, ohne dich hätte ich nicht die Liebe zu einer Frau erfahren dürfen, ohne dich wäre das Leben nicht lebenswert gewesen.Die Autorin Ines Maria erzählt von ihrem bewegenden Leben mit seinen Höhen und Tiefen und von Liebe.

"Cowboy erotica meets Kathy Acker in this smart, raunchy look at a queer sexual awakening Part memoir, part literary study, part formalist exercise in excitement, Daddy Lessons is a transgressive text of pleasure, bodies, the Lord, and the West. In this post-gender, post-sexuality, queer prairie Decameron, Steacy Easton's sexual anxiety becomes textual anxiety. This is a messy history of Mormon missionaries, bathhouses, Anglican boarding schools, the back rooms of prairie bars, Montreal classrooms, and the many religious spaces that have tried to snuff out queer desire while turning a blind eye to abuse. These are provocative tales to turn on, offend, and sentimentalize. Easton explores the seminal texts of their sexuality, from Frank O'Hara to Neil LaBute, Kip Moore to Lorelei James, and delves into their own encounters as they came of age. These daddy lessons are blunt about the ambivalences of trauma and the pleasures of disobedience, slippery and difficult, reveling in the funk of memory and desire."--

I denne store, smukke og billedrige bog tager Lars Muhl dig med på en erindringsrejse gennem fem årtier. Den beskriver ikke kun en ydre rejse, men i høj grad tankevækkende refleksioner fra det indre værksted. En rejse, som byder på møder med magiske mennesker og kulturpersonligheder, han har mødt, og som har haft betydning for hans liv og karriere – fra Lis Sørensen ('Pigen fra Brabrand') til Dalai Lama. Centralt i bogen står nogle helt nyskrevne tekster om Calle de Montsegur, 'Seeren fra Andalusien' - Muhls åndelige vejleder, som han har portrætteret i 'Gralstrilogien' og i filmen 'Seeren'.”Tid har ikke nødvendigvis nogen udstrækning. Den er ikke nødvendigvis horisontal,” skriver Lars Muhl i indledningen til denne anderledes biografi, som er nedslag i forfatterens liv. For LMs fans, men lige så meget for de læsere, der gerne vil have indblik i et specielt liv. * * * * *

Diana Mitford's gripping autobiography: both Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler adored her, and Evelyn Waugh and Oswald Mosley fell in love with her, yet she spent WWII in Holloway prison.

"In 1987, when Karen Van Fossan's teenage identity was stolen in a botched bank robbery, she maintained an unquestioning allegiance to the colonial legal system. In 2021, when she found herself in a jail cell on a Water Protector charge, she had long since been a resister of her own colonial culture. But what does it mean, as a descendent of colonialism, to seek to be un-colonial?"--

In dieser Autobiografie reiht sich ein außersinnliches, grenzüberschreitendes Erlebnis an das andere. Es klingt wie »Harry Potter für Erwachsene«. Doch beschreibt die Autorin ausschließlich wahre Begebenheiten!Auf leichte und humorvolle Weise entführt sie den Leser in jene unsichtbare Welt, die uns alle umgibt. Körperaustritte, Wahrträume, Aurasehen, Kontakte mit Verstorbenen, Spontanheilung, Zukunftsvisionen und vieles mehr begleiten seit drei Jahrzehnten den Alltag der Autorin. Ihr ungewöhnlicher Lebensweg als »Medium« führte sie bis nach Kalifornien und in die Vorstandsetagen der deutschen Großindustrie ...

En historie fra Hvidbjerg og en historie om ungdom, forældre, adoption og tilhørsforhold gennem en tid, der ændrede Danmark. Heldig kan man være er en historie om en opvækst, der kunne være gået skævt, men som via små mirakler og personers indgriben endte godt. En “hard luck story”- uden “hard.” Den begynder i Fredensborg i 1958, hvor boghandleren Gro har et dilemma. Det løser hun – og historien fortsætter i den ordløse stationsby i Nordvestjylland og senere i et inspirerende gymnasium i en historieløs købstad. Der er afstikkere til Nordsjælland, København, Århus og månen. Tiden er 1959-1977. Stedet en verden, der ikke længere findes andet

The rise and fall and triumphant rise from the ashes of Lenny Henry during the 80s and 90s.'Moving and ebullient' Daily Telegraph'Relayed with characteristic exuberance and self-deprecation' GuardianRising to the Surface traces Lenny Henry's career through the 80s and 90s. The 16-year-old who won a talent competition, now has to navigate his way through the seas of professional comedy, learning his craft through sheer graft and hard work.We follow Lenny through a period of great creativity - prize-winning tv programmes, summer seasons across Britain, the starring role in a Hollywood film, and stand-up gigs in New York. But with each rise there is a fall, the most traumatic being the death of his mother. But by the end of the book he has been able to rise through a sea of troubles and breaks out to the surface to accept the Golden Rose of Montreaux for his work in television.

Skyggerne, samt en gammel mand som er hundrede år gammel, fortalte mig, at den stukloftede stue engang var en systue, hvor mange arbejdsomme elever snedkererede tøj af høj kvalitet. Noget fortæller mig, at dette er en velmenende løgn. Det pure opspind. Og det får jeg bekræftet, når jeg en sjælden gang går ud i haven for at spørge alferne om de gamle historier. Jeg spørger dem sjældent, dels fordi alfer er uhyggeligt ærlige, og dels fordi det er vanskeligt at vide, hvornår de sidder under klokkeblomsterne og nipper til tunesiske kaffebrød, for det gør de meget tit. Og de tåler ikke at blive forstyrrede i denne stund. De gange jeg har spurgt dem, himler de nervøst med deres perleøjne og proklamerer, at ingen syersker nogensinde har sat sine ben i huset …Om forfatterenEmma Elver Wolff Jespersen (f. 1992) er kunstner, performer og forfatter. Efter kronikker i Weekendavisen og Information, samt et virke som klummeskribent for Politiken, skrev hun novellesamlingen ”Ægte Elverkvinder Har Grimme Huller i Ryggen”.

A beautifully written and astonishing memoir of a woman - a writer - in the midst of motherhood, marriage and life. While struggling with the demands of family and career, the writer discovers a figure from history, Marguerite de la Rocque, a sixteenth-century noblewoman who was abandoned, pregnant, on a remote island in Nova Scotia. When she is finally rescued, her lover and her baby have died, but she has survived this inhospitable wilderness, alone, for two long years. It's a remarkable story of survival, but one that has been consigned to a footnote.Delving deeper into Marguerite's hidden life, the writer begins to question her ability to tell this story, the story of any women in history - or even her own.'The deeply personal journey of a writer, surprising and illuminating, and for me, familiar in the most reassuring way as she loses herself in this compelling story' Esther Freud

Denne bog handler om hvordan, et liv som afhængig alkoholiker, får den tilstødende, kroniske sygdom Dissemineret Sclerose oveni, i 1996 og om hvordan Forfatterens tanker kredser blandt andet om sætningen: “Hvad nu hvis …?” Begge Hans sygdomme er kroniske og Progressive. Kun den ene kan stoppes fuldstændig. Man følger nedgangen gennem årene. Den første tid blev flere forskellige slags medicin afprøvet, og nu hvor han er endt i den, Sekundære, Progressive fase af sygdommen, har han stoppet medicinen, så hvordan kan han altid, være i sådan et total godt humør?

This unflinchingly honest memoir shines new light on the complex intersections of gender identity, sexuality, sex and queerness. Join Harry on his personal journey amongst the fraught and contradictory worlds of contemporary gay culture and re-examine the unique patterns of your own queerness along the way

The Tales and Tails of a Yorkshire Vet is a captivating book penned by the renowned author, Peter Wright. This book, published in 2023, takes you on an engrossing journey into the life of a vet in Yorkshire. The author, with his vivid storytelling, brings to life the tales and tails he encountered in his practice. The book falls under the genre of autobiographies and is a must-read for those who love animals and are intrigued by the life of a vet. The Tales and Tails of a Yorkshire Vet is brought to you by Ad Lib Publishers Ltd, known for their diverse range of titles. This book is written in English and is a testament to Peter Wright's skillful narration and his deep understanding of his profession. It is a book that will keep you engaged from start to finish.

Bent Isager-Nielsen svarer på danskernes mange spørgsmål om lov, orden og kriminalsager til foredrag og i ugebladet Ude og Hjemme. I denne bog har han samlet nogle af de bedste spørgsmål og sine svar under en række temaer, som han herefter uddyber. Bent Isager-Nielsen trækker på sine egne erfaringer som efterforsker, drabs- og Rejseholdschef samt politiinspektør og fortæller om sager, han har været med til at opklare, eller som han har fulgt fra sidelinjen helt op til i dag."Engang var det altid mig, der stillede spørgsmålene. Men jeg skal love for, at rollerne i dag er byttet rundt ... Jeg tror, det hænger sammen med det basalt menneskelige i, at vi alle både frygter og fascineres af det menneskelige mørke. Men grundlæggende hersker der bare en dyb interesse for faget."

A grime-theatre mash-upToo black for my white friends, but too white for my Black friends. Growing up mixed race in Newport, I fell into a cloud of grey.Absent Black father, ducking the police, working out what it means to be a man. I was struggling to find my place in the world and in danger of spiraling out ofcontrol. Then one moment changed my life.Created from grime culture and inspired by Dizzee Rascal, Wiley, Skepta and Kano, The Making of a Monster is Connor's true story.

Recounts the author's experiences as he and his wife arrived to settle in this tight-knit community. Introduces the reader to the human and animal characters of a tiny crofting hamlet on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands.

A hilarious, moving and utterly compelling collection of stories from a third generation firefighter. Warning: may contain cats up trees.